Voice of America Digest, 10 October 1995

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BOSNIA FIGHTING -- THE STRUGGLE FOR TERRITORY IN PARTS OF THE
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUE. UN OFFICIALS REPORT HEAVY FIGHTING
AT MRKONJIC GRAD WHERE BOSNIAN ARMY TROOPS ARE JOINING WITH CROAT
ARMY ARTILLERY TO CAPTURE THE SERB-HELD TOWN. CORRESPONDENT
WAYNE COREY REPORTS FROM VIENNA. (10/10)

BOSNIA / CEASE-FIRE -- GAS IS FLOWING, THE WATER AND ELECTRICITY
HAVE BEEN TURNED ON IN SARAJEVO. THOSE UTILITIES CLEAR THE WAY
FOR A CEASE-FIRE TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. STRINGER DAVID
FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO. (10/10)

UN / YUGO SHUFFLE -- UN SECRETARY GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
HAS NAMED KOFI ANNAN TO SUCCEED YASHUSHI AKASHI AS UN SPECIAL
ENVOY FOR THE BALKANS. CORRESPONDENT ELAINE JOHANSON REPORTS MR.
AKASHI REQUESTED A CHANGE. HIS SKILLS HAVE BEEN CALLED INTO
QUESTION. (10/10)

BOSNIA / ETHNIC CLEANSING -- UN OFFICIALS IN GENEVA ARE REPORTING
FURTHER EXPULSIONS OF MUSLIMS FROM THEIR HOMES IN NORTHERN
BOSNIA. CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS ROBERTS REPORTS A SERB FORCE LED
BY ZELJKO RAZNATOVIC HAVE ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIAN
POPULATIONS. (10/10)

YUGO / WAR CRIMES -- HEARINGS BY A WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL CONTINUE
WITH TESTIMONY FROM A FORMER MUSLIM PRISONER. CORRESPONDENT
WAYNE COREY ALSO REPORTS A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ACCUSES THE UN
PROTECTION FORCE IN BOSNIA OF CONDONING ABUSES BY SERBS. (10/10)

BOSNIA / NATO RAID -- NATO WARPLANES HAVE ATTACKED A SERB
MILITARY POSITION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. IN SARAJEVO, A SENIOR
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SAYS A NEW CEASE-FIRE IN THE COUNTRY WILL NOT
GO INTO EFFECT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BECAUSE GOVERNMENT
CONDITIONS FOR THE TRUCE HAVE NOT BEEN MET. CORRESPONDENT WAYNE
COREY REPORTS. (10/9)

BOSNIA / CEASE-FIRE -- UN OFFICIALS IN SARAJEVO HAVE ANNOUNCED A
PREVIOUSLY AGREED CEASE-FIRE WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT. THE
OFFICIALS SAID GAS SUPPLIES HAVE NOT REACHED THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL,
A KEY PRECONDITION FOR THE CEASE-FIRE TO BEGIN. CORRESPONDENT
DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO. (10/9)

US / BOSNIA -- THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SAYS ELECTRICITY HAS
BEEN RESTORED TO PARTS OF SARAJEVO AND RUSSIA HAS PROMISED
NATURAL GAS WILL FLOW INTO THE BOSNIAN CAPITAL ON TUESDAY.
REPORTER VICTOR BEATTIE NOTES THAT THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT HAS
DEMANDED THE UTILITIES BE RESTORED TO THE CAPITAL BEFORE A
US-BROKERED CEASE-FIRE CAN GO INTO EFFECT. (10/9)

BOSNIA / SITUATION -- HEAVY FIGHTING IS REPORTED IN NORTHWESTERN
BOSNIA HOURS BEFORE A NEW CEASE-FIRE IS TO TAKE EFFECT THROUGHOUT
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. THE BOSNIAN PRESIDENT SAYS THERE WILL BE NO
CEASE-FIRE UNTIL UTILITIES ARE RESTORED IN SARAJEVO AND TWO ROADS
TO THE MUSLIM ENCLAVE OF GORAZDE ARE OPENED. CORRESPONDENT WAYNE
COREY REPORTS. (10/9)

BOSNIA / UTILITIES -- UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS NOW SAY THEY ARE
OPTIMISTIC UTILITIES WILL BE RESTORED TO SARAJEVO IN TIME FOR A
BOSNIA-WIDE CEASE-FIRE TO GO INTO EFFECT LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
OFFICIALS HAD SAID EARLIER THAT DELAYS BY THE BOSNIAN CROATS IN
REMOVING MINES FROM AROUND DAMAGED ELECTRICAL POWER LINES COULD
CAUSE THE CEASE-FIRE TO BE POSTPONED. CORRESPONDENT DAVID FOLEY
REPORTS. (10/7)

BOSNIA / FIGHTING -- HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT
AND BOSNIAN SERB FORCES IS CONTINUING IN NORTHERN BOSNIA IN THE
RUN-UP TO THE START OF A CEASE-FIRE ON TUESDAY MORNING. A SHELL
STRUCK A REFUGEE CAMP NEAR TUZLA IN NORTHERN BOSNIA, KILLING AT
LEAST SIX PEOPLE, AND INJURING DOZENS OF OTHERS, MANY OF THEM
CHILDREN. EFFORTS ARE CONTINUING TO RESTORE UTILITIES TO THE
BOSNIAN CAPITAL TO AVOID POSTPONING THE START OF THE CEASE-FIRE.
CORRESPONDENT DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO. (10/8)

BOSNIA / SERB ATTACKS -- NATO WARPLANES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BOMB
BOSNIAN SERB HEAVY GUNS NEAR THE NORTHERN BOSNIAN CITY OF TUZLA,
BUT THE PLANES WERE UNABLE TO SPOT THE TARGETS DUE TO BAD WEATHER
AND DARKNESS. THE MOVE COMES AFTER THE BOSNIAN SERBS LAUNCHED A
ROCKET ATTACK ON A REFUGEE CAMP KILLING SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING
FOUR CHILDREN. THE BOSNIAN SERBS ALSO SHELLED THE UN-CONTROLLED
AIRPORT AT TUZLA. FIERCE FIGHTING HAS CONTINUED IN NORTHERN
BOSNIA IN THE RUN-UP TO THE START OF A CEASE-FIRE ON TUESDAY
MORNING. CORRESPONDENT DAVID FOLEY REPORTS FROM SARAJEVO.
(10/8)

BOSNIA / CEASE-FIRE -- THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS HUNDREDS OF
CROATIAN TROOPS HAVE ENTERED BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IN ADVANCE OF THE
NEW CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT FOR BOSNIA. THE CROATIANS ARE HELPING
THEIR BOSNIAN ARMY AND BOSNIAN CROAT ALLIES TO DEFEND TERRITORY
SEIZED FROM THE BOSNIAN SERBS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
CORRESPONDENT WAYNE COREY REPORTS. (10/6)

US RUSSIA / BOSNIA -- THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA HAVE MOVED
CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON A PLANNED PEACEKEEPING OPERATION FOR
BOSNIA THAT WOULD INCLUDE RUSSIAN AS WELL AS NATO FORCES. BUT
AFTER A DAY OF TALKS IN GENEVA, US DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM
PERRY AND HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART PAVEL GRACHEV ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT DIFFERENCES REMAIN ON THE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE FORCE
THAT WOULD BE DEPLOYED IN BOSNIA ONCE THE WARRING FACTIONS REACH
A PEACE SETTLEMENT. FROM GENEVA, CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS ROBERTS
REPORTS. (10/8)

US / RUSSIA / BOSNIA -- US DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM PERRY AND
HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART PAVEL GRACHEV ARE MEETING IN GENEVA
SEEKING AGREEMENT ON A FORMULA THAT WOULD ALLOW RUSSIAN TROOPS TO
PARTICIPATE ALONGSIDE NATO FORCES IN A PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN
BOSNIA. CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN GENEVA REPORTS THE MAIN
OBSTACLE TO RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IS MOSCOW'S REFUSAL TO PLACE
ITS FORCES UNDER NATO COMMAND. (10/8)

US / RUSSIA / BOSNIA -- THE US AND RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTERS ARE
IN GENEVA FOR A DAY OF TALKS EXPECTED TO FOCUS LARGELY ON RUSSIAN
PARTICIPATION ALONGSIDE NATO IN AN EVENTUAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE
FOR BOSNIA. CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN GENEVA REPORTS THE
COMMAND STRUCTURE FOR THE PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IS THE KEY ISSUE
IN SUNDAY'S MEETING BETWEEN DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM PERRY AND
RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER PAVEL GRACHEV. (10/7)

PANETTA / BOSNIA -- WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF LEON PANETTA SAYS
PRESIDENT CLINTON COULD SEND US TROOPS TO BOSNIA AS PART OF A
NATO PEACEKEEPING FORCE WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM CONGRESS.
CORRESPONDENT JANE BERGER REPORTS MR. PANETTA WAS QUESTIONED
ABOUT THE SITUATION IN BOSNIA IN A US TELEVISION INTERVIEW (NBC
MEET THE PRESS). (10/8)

NATO / BOSNIA -- NATO DEFENSE MINISTERS SAY THEY WANT RUSSIA TO
JOIN THEIR POSSIBLE PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
BUT THE OPERATION MUST REMAIN FIRMLY UNDER CONTROL OF THE ALLIES.
CORRESPONDENT DAVID SWAN REPORTS THE OFFICIALS ARE WRAPPING UP A
TWO-DAY MEETING IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. (10/6)

WORLD BANK / BOSNIA -- INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL OFFICIALS, MEETING
IN WASHINGTON, HAVE EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE BOTH DEBT
RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION AID TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IF AND WHEN A
PEACE AGREEMENT IS REACHED. STAFFER VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS
OFFICIALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND WORLD BANK
EXPECT BOTH AGENCIES TO TAKE THE LEAD ROLE IN SUCH ASSISTANCE.
(10/9)

CLINTON / TRAIN SABOTAGE -- PRESIDENT CLINTON EXPRESSED OUTRAGE
AT THE APPARENT SABATOGE OF A PASSENGER TRAIN IN ARIZONA ON
MONDAY. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE
GOVERNMENT WILL USE ALL THE TOOLS IT HAS AVAILABLE TO FIND AND
PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT DAVID
BORGIDA REPORTS. (10/10)

US / TRAIN / PROBE -- US OFFICIALS HAVE REQUESTED ALL RAIL
CARRIERS TO BE ON A STATE OF ALERT FOLLOWING MONDAY'S DERAILMENT
OF AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST STATE OF ARIZONA.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND AT LEAST 83 WERE INJURED. STAFFER
VICTOR BEATTIE IN WASHINGTON REPORTED FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE
TREATING THE DERAILMENT AS A CASE OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. (10/10)

AMTRAK DERAILMENT -- ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND MORE THAN 100 INJURED
AFTER A PRE-DAWN PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILMENT MONDAY IN ARIZONA.
CORRESPONDENT ALAN SILVERMAN REPORTS FROM LOS ANGELES,
AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING REPORTS THE TRACK MAY HAVE BEEN
SABOTAGED. (10/9)

NOBEL ECONOMICS -- THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS THIS YEAR HAS
GONE TO ROBERT LUCAS, A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
THE 58-YEAR-OLD PROFESSOR HAS CHALLENGED TRADITIONAL KEYNSIAN
ECONOMIC THEORIES ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
IN ECONOMICS. STRINGER FENELA CHILDS IN STOCKHOLM REPORTS.
(10/10)

NOBEL ECONOMICS -- CHICAGO CORRESPONDENT PAUL FRANCUCH HAS A
PROFILE ON ROBERT LUCAS, THE NEWLY NAMED NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN
ECONOMICS. MR LUCAS TEACHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WHICH
HAS PRODUCED EIGHT PREVIOUS NOBEL WINNERS IN ECONOMICS. (10/10)

NOBEL MEDICINE / CAL-TECH -- TWO AMERICANS AND A GERMAN SCIENTIST
ARE SHARING THE 1995 NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE FOR THEIR
PIONEERING RESEARCH INTO HOW GENES CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT OF
EMBRYOS. CORRESPONDENT ALAN SILVERMAN REPORTS. (10/9)

CLINTON / ZEDILLO -- MEXICO'S PRESIDENT ARRIVED FOR A MEETING AT
THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE PRESIDENT CLINTON MET HIM AND EXPRESSED
CONDOLENCES FOR THE LOSSES CAUSED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO ON
MONDAY. CORRESPONDENT DAVID BORGIDA REPORTS PRESIDENTS CLINTON
AND ZEDILLO ARE TALKING TRADE AND IMMIGRATION ISSUES. (10/10)

MEXICO / EARTHQUAKE -- AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED DEAD
AND NEARLY 100 INJURED FROM THE EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK THE PACIFIC
COAST OF MEXICO MONDAY. RESCUE WORKERS ARE SEARCHING THROUGH
THE RUBBLE FOR BODIES FROM THE EARTHQUAKE THAT REGISTERED 7.5 ON
THE RICHTER SCALE. STRINGER CINDY LAVANDEROS REPORTS. (10/10)

MEXICO QUAKE -- A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE HAS STRUCK THE WESTERN COAST
OF MEXICO,KILLING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE AND INJURING SCORES OF
OTHERS. AS CORRESPONDENT BILL RODGERS REPORTS, THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS. (10/9)

EARTHQUAKE / MEXICO -- A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE REGISTERING 7.5 ON
THE RICHTER SCALE STRUCK THE WESTERN COAST OF MEXICO MONDAY
MORNING. THE OFFICIAL NUMBER OF DEATHS IS AT LEAST 25 WITH MORE
THAN 100 WOUNDED. MORE FROM STRINGER CINDY LAVANDEROS IN MEXICO
CITY. (10/9)

HURRICANE ROXANNE -- STILL ANOTHER HURRICANE IN THE
ATLANTIC-CARIBBEAN AREA. CORRESPONDENT JIM TEEPLE REPORTS THE
FORMATION OF A RECORD TYING 10TH HURRICANE OF THE SEASON. THERE
WERE 10 IN 1933. ROXANNE IS A THREAT TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IN
MEXICO. (10/10)

PHILIPPINES / EVACUATION -- PHILIPPINE DISASTER OFFICIALS HAVE
BEGUN THE MASS EVACUATION OF MORE THAN 100-THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING
IN TOWNS NEAR MOUNT PINATUBO THREATENED BY MASSIVE VOLCANIC
MUDSLIDES. STRINGER MARIE ORARA IN MANILA REPORTS THAT AS
OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR MORE HEAVY RAINS THIS SEASON, THEY EXPECT
HEAVY MUDFLOWS TO SWAMP THE THREATENED TOWNS. (10/9)

INDONESIA / EARTHQUAKE -- REPORTS FROM INDONESIA SAY AN
EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK THE ISLAND OF SUMATRA EARLY SATURDAY MAY
HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE. CORRESPONDENT DAN ROBINSON IS
MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS FROM OUR SOUTHEAST ASIA BUREAU AND HAS
THIS REPORT. (10/7)

INDONESIA / AFTER QUAKE -- IN INDONESIA, MANY VILLAGERS IN THE
REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS REGION ON THE ISLAND OF SUMATRA HIT BY A MAJOR
EARTHQUAKE SPENT SATURDAY NIGHT HUDDLED AROUND BONFIRES, FEARFUL
OF AFTERSHOCKS. AS CORRESPONDENT DAVID BUTLER REPORTS FROM
BANGKOK, AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE DIED IN THE WORST EARTHQUAKE TO HIT
INDONESIA THIS YEAR. (10/8)

INDONESIA / QUAKE -- IN INDONESIA, TROOPS HAVE BEEN SENT TO
CENTRAL SUMATRA TO HELP SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF
SATURDAY'S LARGE EARTHQUAKE. OFFICIALS SAY DOZENS OF PERSONS
WERE KILLED BY THE QUAKE AND THEY FEAR MORE BODIES ARE STILL TO
BE FOUND IN COLLAPSED HOMES. CORRESPONDENT DAVID BUTLER HAS THIS
REPORT FROM BANGKOK. (10/7)

BANGLADESH FLOODS -- GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN NORTHERN BANGLADESH
SAY FLOODS CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINS HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE
THERE, AS THE BATTLE BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER KHALEDA ZIA'S
GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTIES CONTINUES. STRINGER SANDRA
MAXWELL REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI. (10/9)

AZERBAIJAN / OIL -- ALL PARTIES ARE CLAIMING VICTORY IN THE
LATEST MOVE TOWARD EXPLOITING MASSIVE CASPIAN SEA OIL RESERVES.
OFFICIALS IN AZERBAIJAN HAVE ANNOUNCED INITIAL PRODUCTION OF THE
OIL WILL BE SENT OUT THROUGH TWO PIPELINES, ONE TO RUSSIA AND THE
OTHER THROUGH GEORGIA TO TURKEY. CORRESPONDENT ELIZABETH ARROTT
IN MOSCOW REPORTS THE COMPROMISE IS PART OF INTENSE INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION FOR CONTROL OF THE OIL FLOW. (10/9)

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS -- ABOUT 100 PALESTINIANS WALKED TO FREEDOM
AS A RESULT OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE ACCORD. JERUSALEM
CORRESPONDENT AL PESSIN REPORTS FROM THE WEST BANK TOWN OF NABLUS
WHERE SOME OF THE PRISONERS WERE SET FREE. (10/10)

PALESTINIAN PRISONERS -- ISRAEL BEGAN TO IMPLEMENT ITS NEW PEACE
ACCORD WITH THE PALESTINIANS ON SUNDAY, BUT THE EFFORT RAN INTO
SOME PROBLEMS. AT THE SAME TIME, PALESTINIANS WORKED ON
RECONCILIATION WITHIN THEIR OWN RANKS. CORRESPONDENT AL PESSIN
REPORTS FROM JERUSALEM. (10/8)

ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS / WITHDRAWAL -- SENIOR ISRAELI AND
PALESTINIAN LEADERS MET LATE SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING TO
PLAN THE FIRST STAGES OF THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM MUCH OF THE
OCCUPIED WEST BANK. THE WITHDRAWAL IS REQUIRED BY THE NEW PEACE
ACCORD SIGNED LAST WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND APPROVED BY THE
ISRAELI PARLIAMENT ON FRIDAY. CORRESPONDENT AL PESSIN REPORTS.
(10/7)

EGYPT / SYRIA -- EGYPT'S PRESIDENT HAS VISITED DAMASCUS FOR TALKS
ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS WITH PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL ASAD.
CAIRO STRINGER KIM REID REPORTS PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK IS
ATTEMPTING TO REVIVE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL.
(10/10)

US / MIDEAST -- THREE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN US OFFICIALS AND
VISITING SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER FAROUQ AL-SHARA PROVIDED NO
SPECIFIC BREAKTHROUGH IN PEACE TALKS BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL.
STAFFER VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS WHILE THE UNITED STATES INSISTS IT
WILL REMAIN ENGAGED WITH THE PARTIES, IT SAYS THEY MUST SHOW A
WILLINGNESS TO MAKE PEACE. (10/7)

POPE / BALTIMORE -- POPE JOHN PAUL IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO ROME
AFTER ENDING HIS FIVE DAY TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES. THE POPE
CONCLUDED HIS US TRIP WITH A 10-HOUR VISIT TO BALTIMORE SUNDAY.
THERE, THE PONTIFF CALLED ON US CATHOLICS TO USE TRUTH AS THEIR
GUIDE AND BRIGHTEN THE WORLD WITH THEIR FAITH. STAFFER RICK
NUNEZ REPORTS FROM BALTIMORE. (10/9)

POPE DEPARTURE -- POPE JOHN PAUL HAS ENDED HIS FIVE-DAY VISIT TO
THE UNITED STATES. THE PONTIFF LEFT BALTIMORE FOR ROME SUNDAY
AFTER A SEND-OFF FROM VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE. STRINGER RICK
NUNEZ HAS THE STORY. (10/8)

POPE BALTIMORE MASS -- POPE JOHN PAUL IS IN BALTIMORE ON HIS LAST
STOP OF HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. AS WE HEAR FROM STRINGER
RICK NUNEZ, THE POPE CALLED ON AMERICANS TO KEEP BIBLICAL WISDOM
IN MIND WHEN DEBATING MORAL ISSUES. (10/8)

POPE / PARK / MASS -- POPE JOHN PAUL CELEBRATED MASS OUTDOORS IN
CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK CITY SATURDAY. MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND
PEOPLE GATHERED TO TAKE PART IN THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AND TO
LISTEN TO THE PONTIFF'S MESSAGE. CORRESPONDENT CHRIS SIMKINS
REPORTS. (10/7)

EGYPT / LIBYA -- EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMR MOUSSA, JUST BACK
IN CAIRO AFTER TALKS WITH LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMAR GADDAFI, SAYS HE
IS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE PLIGHT OF HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS CAMPED
ON THE LIBYAN-EGYPTIAN BORDER WILL SOON BE RESOLVED. STRINGER
KIM REID REPORTS. (10/7)

UAE / MAID -- THE TRIAL OF PHILIPPINE MAID SARAH BALABAGAN IN THE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES HAS BEEN ADJOURNED UNTIL OCTOBER 30TH. SHE
IS APPEALING A DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING HER EMPLOYER.
MEANWHILE, MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE PHILIPPINES STAGED A
JOINT DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE UAE EMBASSY, PROTESTING
BALABAGAN'S SENTENCE. STRINGER KIM REID HAS MORE FROM CAIRO.
(10/9)

CYPRUS -- PRESIDENT GLAFKOS CLERIDES OF CYPRUS COMPLAINS ABOUT
UNITED NATIONS INACTION IN RESOLVING THE DISPUTE ABOUT CYPRUS.
THE LEADER OF THE MAJORITY GREEK COMMUNITY ON THE ISLAND SAYS
TURKISH CYPRIOTS HAVE THE BACKING OF TURKISH TROOPS IN PRESERVING
THE STATUS QUO ON THE DIVIDED ISLAND. CORRESPONDENT ELAINE
JOHANSON REPORTS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE GREEK LEADER'S
ADDRESS TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (10/10)

NIGERIA / KILLING -- AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF NIGERIA'S MILITARY
REGIME HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN IN HIS HOME IN LAGOS. STRINGER CINDY
SHINER REPORTS ON THE DEATH OF A VETERAN POLITICIAN AND
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN WITH TIES TO SOME OF NIGERIA'S MOST
PROMINENT PERSONALITIES. (10/7)

RUSSIA / CHECHNYA -- RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN IS
CONSIDERING WHETHER TO IMPOSE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CHECHNYA
FOLLOWING FRIDAY'S BOMB ATTACK ON A TOP RUSSIAN GENERAL. AS
CORRESPONDENT PETER COLLINS REPORTS FROM MOSCOW, TENSION IN
CHECHNYA REMAINS HIGH, WHILE MR YELTSIN'S SENIOR ADVISERS APPEAR
DIVIDED OVER WHAT COURSE TO TAKE. (10/9)

RUSSIA / PROSECUTOR -- RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN HAS FIRED
THE COUNTRY'S TOP PROSECUTOR. CORRESPONDENT ELIZABETH ARROTT IN
MOSCOW REPORTS THE MOVE IS BEING SEEN AS PART OF POLITICAL
MANEUVERING AHEAD OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS. (10/8)

TAIWAN / NATIONAL DAY -- TAIPEI STRINGER KENDALL BUHL REPORTS ON
REMARKS BY TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT AS THE ISLAND NATION CELEBRATES ITS
TRADITIONAL NATIONAL DAY. IN 1949, THE NATIONALISTS ESTABLISHED
A GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE, BUT CHINA CONSIDERS TAIWAN TO BE JUST AN
UNRULY PROVINCE. (10/10)

CHINA PRESIDENT -- CHINA HAS MADE PUBLIC A MAJOR POLICY SPEECH BY
PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN, WHO IS DESCRIBED AS THE HEAD OF THE NEW
GENERATION OF CHINESE LEADERS. AS CORRESPONDENT STEPHANIE HO
REPORTS, THE OFFICIAL XINHUA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED THE SPEECH
SUNDAY, MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER IT WAS PRESENTED. (10/8)

CHINA / ECONOMICS -- CHINA'S NEW FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS BEING CLOSELY
ANALYZED FOR CLUES ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC
POLICIES WILL TAKE IN THE POST-DENG XIAOPING ERA. CORRESPONDENT
GIL BUTLER HAS MORE ON THAT AND OTHER NEWS IN AN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
FROM BEIJING. (10/9)

ZHANG YIMOU -- ONE OF CHINA'S BEST-KNOWN FILM DIRECTORS SAYS IT
IS DIFFICULT MAKING MOVIES THAT MEET THE DEMANDS OF BOTH
GOVERNMENT CENSORS AND AN INCREASINGLY DISCRIMINATING AUDIENCE.
CORRESPONDENT STEPHANIE HO RECENTLY SPOKE WITH ZHANG YIMOU IN
BEIJING AND FILED A REPORT. (10/9)

NORTH KOREA DEFENSE -- NORTH KOREAN RADIO ANNOUNCED MONDAY THE
APPOINTMENT OF A NEW DEFENSE MINISTER AND OTHER CHANGES IN THE
MILITARY LEADERSHIP. AS STRINGER SHIN NA REPORTS FROM SEOUL,
OBSERVERS IN SOUTH KOREA SEE THIS AS A SIGN OF KIM JONG- IL'S
GROWING HOLD ON POWER. (10/9)

NORTH KOREA / ANNIVERSARY -- NORTH KOREA CELEBRATED THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COUNTRY'S RULING COMMUNIST
PARTY, WITH A MILITARY PARADE. BUT AS STRINGER SHIN NA REPORTS
FROM SEOUL, IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE OCCASION WAS ALSO USED TO
FORMALLY INSTALL KIM JONG-IL IN POWER, AS SOME ANALYSTS HAD
PREDICTED. (10/10)

JAPAN / POLITICS -- JAPAN'S MINISTER OF JUSTICE, TOMOHARU TAZAWA,
HAS RESIGNED AFTER HE FAILED TO REPORT A TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR LOAN
TO JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT, AND THE PUBLISHING OF A NEWSPAPER STORY
ALLEGING HE MADE A SECRET DEAL WITH MEMBERS OF THE LEADING
OPPOSITION PARTY. STRINGER THOMAS CALDWELL REPORTS FROM TOKYO.
(10/9)

JAPAN / FINANCE -- THE PRESIDENT OF DAIWA BANK IN JAPAN HAS
RESIGNED AMID THE GROWING SCANDAL OVER THE INSTITUTION'S ILLEGAL
TRADING IN US GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. STRINGER THOMAS CALDWELL
REPORTS FROM TOKYO. (10/9)

INDIA / KIDNAP -- AS THE COLD WEATHER SETS IN, FOUR WESTERN
HOSTAGES REMAIN IN CAPTIVITY IN INDIAN KASHMIR. OFFICIALS OF THE
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SAY THE ISLAMIC MILITANTS, WHO KIDNAPPED THE
TOURISTS IN EARLY JULY, HAVE MOVED THEIR CAMP SOUTH FOR THE
WINTER. THE GOVERNMENT HAS RULED OUT ANY ATTEMPT BY THE MILITARY
TO RESCUE THE HOSTAGES. STRINGER JENNIFER MORROW HAS THE DETAILS
FROM NEW DELHI. (10/8)

INDIA / KASHMIR -- AN INDIAN ARMY RAID ON A STRONGHOLD IN INDIAN
KASHMIR HAS LEFT FIVE DEAD. THE STRONGHOLD WAS SAID TO BE MANNED
BY AN ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUP THAT FAVORS KASHMIR INTEGRATION INTO
PAKISTAN. JENNIFER MORROW REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI. (10/10)

INDIA / RUSHDIE -- THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS BANNED THE MOST
RECENT BOOK BY SALMON RUSHDIE BECAUSE POLITICIANS CALL IT
INSULTING. MR. RUSHDIE WAS ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY IN IRAN FOR AN
EARLIER BOOK. STRINGER JENNIFER MORROW REPORTS COPIES HAVE BEEN
SEIZED WHILE THE MATERIAL IN THE BOOK IS REVIEWED. (10/10)

LANKA ATTACK -- SRI LANKAN POLICE SAY ASSAILANTS ARMED WITH GUNS
AND GRENADES HAVE ATTACKED THE HEAVILY GUARDED HOME OF A LEADING
TAMIL POLITICIAN AND FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. CORRESPONDENT
MICHAEL DRUDGE REPORTS FROM THE SRI LANKAN CAPITAL, COLOMBO.
(10/9)

KARACHI / KILLINGS -- PAKISTANI POLICE SAY THREE SUSPECTED
MILITANTS OF THE MOHAJIR QAUMI MOVEMENT HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A
SHOOT-OUT. ISLAMABAD CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS THE
THREE WERE IN POLICE CUSTODY AT THE TIME. (10/10)

UN / AFGHANISTAN -- THE UN HAS ISSUED ITS ANNUAL APPEAL FOR
HUMANITARIAN AID FOR AFGHANISTAN, REQUESTING 124 MILLION DOLLARS
TO FUND EMERGENCY RELIEF OPERATIONS AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS
IN THE WAR-BATTERED NATION. THE UN APPEAL WAS PRESENTED TO
REPRESENTATIVES OF DONOR NATIONS MONDAY IN GENEVA. BUT AS WE
HEAR FROM CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS ROBERTS, THE PROSPECTS OF FULLY
FUNDING THE PROGRAM REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT BEST. (10/9)

CLAES / CRISIS -- A BELGIAN PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE IS STUDYING A
REQUEST THAT THE NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, WILLY CLAES, BE PUT ON
TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION. IF SUCH A TRIAL IS HELD, IT WOULD ALMOST
CERTAINLY FORCE MR. CLAES' RESIGNATION FROM HIS JOB. STRINGER
JOHN FRASER REPORTS FROM BRUSSELS. (10/9)

CLAES / CORRUPTION -- NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL WILLY CLAES SAYS HE
WILL NOT RESIGN HIS POST, THOUGH A BELGIAN PROSECUTOR SAYS HE
SHOULD STAND TRIAL ON CORRUPTION CHARGES. CORRESPONDENT DAVID
SWAN REPORTS. (10/6)

FRANCE / ALGERIA -- FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC IS SAID TO BE
PREPARING FOR A MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PRESIDENT LIAMINE ZEROUAL.
BUT REPORTS ABOUT THE MEETING ARE SAID TO BE PREMATURE ACCORDING
TO THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY. STRINGER JULIAN NUNDY SAYS MR.
CHIRAC ALREADY CONFIRMED THE MEETING IN REMARKS IN SPAIN.
(10/10)

FRANCE / JUPPE -- AFTER ONLY FIVE MONTHS IN OFFICE, FRENCH PRIME
MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE IS IN A DELICATE POSITION. HE IS UNDER
CRITICISM BOTH FOR PERSONAL HOUSING DEALS AND FOR LACK OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT BY HIS GOVERNMENT. STRINGER JULIAN NUNDY REPORTS
FROM PARIS. (10/9)

FRANCE / STRIKE -- GOVERNMENT WORKERS STRIKE IN FRANCE. PARIS
STRINGER JULIAN NUNDY REPORTS WORKERS ARE REACTING TO A DECISION
TO FREEZE PUBLIC SECTOR SALARIES UNTIL THE END OF 1996. (10/10)

FRANCE / BOMB -- A BOMB HAS EXPLODED ALONGSIDE A RAILROAD TRACK
IN THE PARIS SUBURBS. NO ONE WAS HURT. IT WAS THE SIXTH
EXPLOSION IN FRANCE THAT ARE BLAMED ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS SINCE
JULY. STRINGER JULIAN NUNDY REPORTS FROM PARIS. (10/8)

UN / BUDGET CRISIS -- UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS GHALI
SAYS EMERGENCY MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN SOON IF UN MEMBER STATES DO
NOT PAY THE MONEY THEY OWE THE WORLD ORGANIZATION. CORRESPONDENT
WAYNE COREY REPORTS. (10/9)

WORLD BANK -- FINANCE MINISTERS REPRESENTING ALMOST ALL THE
WORLD'S COUNTRIES HAVE CALLED ON WEALTHY DONOR NATIONS TO GIVE
FULL SUPPORT FOR THE WORLD BANK DIVISION THAT HELPS THE POOREST
OF THE POOR. CORRESPONDENT ART CHIMES REPORTS. (10/9)

GERMANY / FRANCE / MAASTRICHT -- A GERMAN CENTRAL BANK FIGURE
SUPPORTS FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIFIED EUROPEAN CURRENCY
ARRANGEMENT. OTMAR ISSING SAYS THE TROUBLES OF THE FRANC SHOULD
NOT GET IN THE WAY OF EVENTUAL CURRENCY UNITY IN 1999.
CORRESPONDENT IMANI CROSBY REPORTS IN WASHINGTON. (10/10)

BRITAIN / SPY -- JOHN CAIRNCROSS, THE MAN IDENTIFIED AS THE FIFTH
MEMBER OF A NOTORIOUS RING WHICH SPIED FOR THE SOVIET UNION, HAS
DIED IN BRITAIN AT THE AGE OF 82. IN THIS BACKGROUND REPORT FROM
LONDON, CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA TRACES THE CAREER OF THE
MAN ASSOCIATED WITH SPIES SUCH AS KIM PHILBY AND DONALD MCLEAN.
(10/9)

THAILAND / KUKRIT OBIT -- THE MULTIFACETED ELDER STATESMAN OF
20TH CENTURY THAILAND, KUKRIT PRAMOJ, DIED MONDAY AT THE AGE OF
84. AS STRINGER DAVID BUTLER REPORTS FROM BANGKOK, ROJAWONG
KUKRIT WAS A BRILLIANT STUDENT, DANCER, THINKER, AND POLITICIAN.
(10/9)

RUSSIA / CZAR -- A RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH GROUP QUESTIONS
FINDINGS BY AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION THAT THE REMAINS OF THE
LAST CZAR OF RUSSIA HAS BEEN FOUND. THE PLANS FOR A RE-BURIAL
CEREMONY ARE NOW CALLED INTO QUESTION. MOSCOW STRINGER PETER
HEINLEIN REPORTS THE CHURCH GROUP WANTS A REVIEW OF THE
COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION. (10/10)

CZECH / NATO -- THE CZECH REPUBLIC SAYS IT WANTS TO BE AMONG THE
FIRST OF THE FORMERLY COMMUNIST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO JOIN NATO,
AND HAS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED THE TWO-WEEK OLD STUDY ON ENLARGING
THE ALLIANCE. STRINGER ALENA KENCLOVA REPORTS FROM PRAGUE.
(10/9)

PALESTINIANS / PSYCHOLOGY -- ON TUESDAY, ISRAEL IS TO BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF REMOVING ITS OFFICES AND MILITARY FORCES FROM MUCH OF
THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK, AND GIVING THE AREA AUTONOMY UNDER THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. AS THE PROCESS BEGINS, MOST ATTENTION HAS
BEEN FOCUSED ON THE COMPLEX DETAILS OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL, HANDOVER
OF CIVIL AUTHORITY AND THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS. BUT PALESTINIAN
PSYCHOLOGISTS RECENTLY HELD A CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS AN ASPECT OF
THESE CHANGES WHICH HAS RECEIVED LITTLE ATTENTION SO FAR, THE
IMPACT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
CORRESPONDENT AL PESSIN REPORTS FROM JERUSALEM. (10/9)

NORTHERN IRELAND / ECONOMY -- THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS LAUNCHING
A PROGRAM AIMED AT ENCOURAGING THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT NORTHERN
IRELAND DURING THE PAST 25 YEARS TO RETURN HOME AND INVEST IN THE
PROVINCE'S FUTURE. CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA SPOKE TO
NORTHERN IRELAND'S MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BARONESS
DENTON ABOUT THE PLAN AND REPORTS FROM LONDON. (10/9)

DOLE / FOREIGN POLICY -- THE LEADER OF REPUBLICANS IN THE US
SENATE IS CRITICIZING PRESIDENT CLINTON'S DECISION TO EASE SOME
RESTRICTIONS ON CUBA. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AND PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE BOB DOLE SAYS THE ADMINISTRATION'S NEW POLICY AMOUNTS
TO A PROPAGANDA VICTORY FOR CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO.
CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE REPORTS. (10/6)

US / CUBA -- PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYS HE IS TIGHTENING THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE 34-YEAR-OLD ECONOMIC EMBARGO ON CUBA BUT AT
THE SAME TIME RELAXING SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD EASE TRAVEL
AND THE EXCHANGE OF MONEY AND INFORMATION BETWEEN CUBANS AND
AMERICANS. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT DAVID BORGIDA REPORTS.
(10/6)

US / CUBA / REACTION -- MEMBERS OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAVE
DENOUNCED PRESIDENT CLINTON'S DECISION TO EASE TRAVEL, PERSONAL
AND CULTURAL RESTRICTIONS ON CUBA WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
TIGHTENING THE 33-YEAR-OLD TRADE EMBARGO. STAFFER VICTOR BEATTIE
REPORTS THE PRESIDENT OF CUBA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CALLS IT A JOKE
WHILE CUBAN EXILES ARE DIVIDED OVER THE MOVE. (10/7)

US / CUBA -- A DELEGATION OF AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN AND EDUCATORS
HAS MET WITH CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO AND QUOTE HIM AS SAYING
HIS GOVERNMENT'S TOP PRIORITY IS THE LIFTING OF THE 33 YEAR OLD
US TRADE EMBARGO ON HAVANA. STAFFER VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS THE
DELEGATION WENT TO CUBA AS PRESIDENT CLINTON EASED SOME
RESTRICTIONS BUT TIGHTENED THE EMBARGO AS A WAY OF PRESSING FOR
DEMOCRATIC REFORM. (10/8)

PEACE IN ANGOLA -- WAR WEARY ANGOLANS STUMBLE TOWARD PEACE.
ENDING THE VIOLENCE, HOWEVER, WILL NOT BE EASY BECAUSE LAND MINES
SEEDED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY DISCOURAGE FARMERS FROM WORKING
CROP LAND. STAFFERED WARNER REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON ON THE
ASSESSMENTS OF TWO EXPERTS ON THE ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR. (10/10)

SAF / ELECTIONS -- SOUTH AFRICA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS ARE
NOW LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY AND THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. CORRESPONDENT MALLORY SALESON REPORTS FROM
JOHANNESBURG AS THE PARTIES ATTACK ONE ANOTHER THERE DOESN'T
APPEAR TO BE THAT MUCH INTEREST IN THE ELECTIONS. (10/9)

KENYA / MOI -- PRESIDENT DANIEL ARAP MOI SAYS THERE WILL BE NO
SANCTUARY FOR RWANDANS SUSPECTED OF GENOCIDE. THOSE ALREADY IN
KENYA WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. NAIROBI CORRESPONDENT ALEX BELIDA
REPORTS THE KENYAN LEADER SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT A COVER UP OF THE
SLAUGHTER THAT OCCURRED IN RWANDA. (10/10)

AFRICA / MEDIA -- REPORTER WILLIAM EAGLE IN WASHINGTON EXPLORES
MEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE. PORTUGUESE NEWS
OUTLETS PARTICULARLY ARE HANDICAPPED AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF NEWS
MEDIA STILL IS TO BE ESTABLISHED. (10/10)

IVORY COAST / POLITICS -- IVORY COAST PRESIDENT HENRI KONAN BEDIE
LAUNCHED HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WITH AN APPEAL FOR PEACE
FOLLOWING DEMONSTRATIONS LAST WEEK IN WHICH AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE
WERE KILLED. CORRESPONDENT PURNELL MURDOCK REPORTS FROM THE
IVORIAN COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, ABIDJAN. (10/8)

CHILE GENERAL -- IN CHILE, A TOP GENERAL HAS FINALLY RESIGNED, 18
MONTHS AFTER THE CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTED THAT HE STEP DOWN.
SENIOR GOVERNMENT MEMBERS HAVE WELCOMED THE DECISION BY GENERAL
RODOLFO STANGE, THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL POLICE FORCE, WHO HAD
BEEN IMPLICATED IN SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. FROM SANTIAGO,
STRINGER REBECCA CARR REPORTS. (10/8)

GUATEMALA / RESIGNATION -- GUATEMALA'S DEFENSE MINISTER HAS
RESIGNED, JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER ARMY TROOPS WERE INVOLVED IN AN
INCIDENT IN WHICH ELEVEN CIVILIANS WERE KILLED. AS CORRESPONDENT
BILL RODGERS REPORTS FROM OUR CENTRAL AMERICAN BUREAU, MONDAY'S
RESIGNATION IS AIMED AT QUELLING THE STORM OF CRITICISM OVER THE
ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN THE KILLINGS. (10/9)

KOREA / RICE AID -- SOUTH KOREA SENT ITS LAST SHIPMENT OF
HUMANITARIAN RICE AID TO NORTH KOREA SATURDAY. AS STRINGER SHIN
NA REPORTS FROM SEOUL, THIS LAST DELIVERY OCCURS AS RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES BECOME INCREASINGLY DISTANT. (10/7)

BANGLADESH / STRIKE -- ACTIVITY CAME TO A STANDSTILL IN ALL OF
BANGLADESH'S MAJOR CITIES ON SATURDAY IN A GENERAL STRIKE LED BY
THE OPPOSITION. THE OPPOSITION WANTS TO PRESSURE THE GOVERNMENT
OF PRIME MINISTER BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA TO STEP DOWN. STRINGER
SANDRA MAXWELL REPORTS. (10/7)

WORLD BANK / IMF -- AN ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IMF, WORLD BANK
FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS IS UNDER WAY IN WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENT ART CHIMES REPORTS THE LIMITS OF RESOURCES ARE THE
BIGGEST OBSTACLES. (10/10)

G-7 / CURRENCIES -- FINANCE MINISTERS FROM THE BIG INDUSTRIALIZED
COUNTRIES HAVE MET IN WASHINGTON, AND THEY EXPRESSED GENERAL
SATISFACTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DIRECTION THEY'VE BEEN TAKING.
CORRESPONDENT ART CHIMES REPORTS THEY WELCOMED THE RECENT
INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR. (10/7)

G-24 -- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAVE APPEALED TO RICH NATIONS FOR
INCREASED AID AND MORE RELIEF FROM THEIR DEBT BURDEN. THE CALL
CAME SATURDAY FROM MINISTERS OF THE SO-CALLED "GROUP OF 24,"
MEETING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER OF THE WORLD
BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. CORRESPONDENT ART CHIMES
REPORTS. (10/7)

NORTHERN IRELAND / BRUTON -- IRELAND'S PRIME MINISTER JOHN BRUTON
SAYS HE EXPECTS IRELAND AND BRITAIN TO MOVE QUICKLY TO ESTABLISH
AN INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO OVERSEE THE SURRENDER OF WEAPONS
BY PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND. MR. BRUTON SPOKE IN
NEW YORK BEFORE RETURNING TO DUBLIN ON FRIDAY AFTER MEETINGS WITH
BUSINESS OFFICIALS AND IRISH-AMERICANS. CORRESPONDENT LARRY
FREUND REPORTS. (10/6)

RUBIN / MEXICO -- US TREASURY SECRETARY ROBERT RUBIN SAYS HE
EXPECTS MEXICO'S ECONOMY TO RESUME GROWTH NEXT YEAR. HE SAYS THE
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT'S PLEDGE TO REPAY NEARLY A BILLION DOLLARS IN
EMERGENCY LOANS IS EVIDENCE OF THE COUNTRY'S IMPROVED FINANCIAL
SITUATION. CORRESPONDENT NICK SIMEONE REPORTS THE MEXICAN
ECONOMY WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES ON THE THE SECRETARY'S MIND AHEAD
OF SATURDAY'S MEETING OF FINANCE MINISTERS OF THE GROUP OF SEVEN
INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES. (10/6)

COLUMBIA SCRUB -- THE LAUNCH OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA WAS
POSTPONED FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK ON SATURDAY. CORRESPONDENT JIM
TEEPLE REPORTS THE SCRUB IS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A CRITICAL
DEVICE WHICH CONTROLS THE RELEASE OF THE SHUTTLE'S SOLID ROCKET
BOOSTERS DURING ITS ASCENT. (10/7)

US / EMPLOYMENT -- THE US UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HELD STEADY AT
FIVE-POINT-SIX PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER, AS THE NUMBER OF NON-FARM
PAYROLL JOBS GREW BY 121-THOUSAND LAST MONTH. CORRESPONDENT JILL
GATHMANN REPORTS THE SEPTEMBER JOB FIGURES SUGGEST THE US ECONOMY
IS GROWING AT A MODERATE PACE WITHOUT THE RISK OF INFLATION.
(10/6)

NUNN RETIREMENT -- ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE US
SENATE, GEORGIA DEMOCRAT SAM NUNN SAYS HE WILL RETIRE WHEN HIS
TERM ENDS NEXT YEAR. CORRESPONDENT JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM OUR
SOUTHEAST NEWS BUREAU. (10/9)

NY / ECON WRAP -- STOCK PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES WERE MIXED
FRIDAY AND AN AMERICAN COMPUTER COMPANY ANNOUNCED A MAJOR
RESTRUCTURING. CORRESPONDENT BRECK ARDERY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.
(10/6)

US / COMPUTERS -- THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS RELAXED COLD
WAR-ERA EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON HIGH-POWERED SUPERCOMPUTERS.
PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYS THE MOVE WILL BENEFIT US NATIONAL SECURITY
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ALLOW AMERICAN COMPANIES TO COMPETE BETTER
IN WORLD MARKETS. CORRESPONDENT DEBORAH TATE REPORTS. (10/6)

UNABOMBER -- US FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE
HOLDING A MAN THEY FIRST BELIEVED WAS THE NOTORIOUS UNABOMBER
WHOSE 16 ATTACKS HAVE KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND INJURED 23 SINCE
1978. HOWEVER, STAFFER VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS, THE MAN, WHILE
BEING HELD ON A TRAFFIC VIOLATION HAS BEEN RULED OUT AS A PRIME
SUSPECT AS A NATIONWIDE MANHUNT FOR THE UNABOMBER CONTINUES.
(10/18)

US / SAUDI FOOTBALL -- THE US MEN'S SOCCER TEAM HAS PULLED OUT A
4-3 TRIUMPH OVER SAUDI ARABIA AT RFK STADIUM HERE IN WASHINGTON.
SPORTS EDITOR ROY CLARK REPORTS THE US TEAM RALLIED FROM A
THREE-GOAL DEFICIT. (10/8)

VOA REPORTS IN INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES:

INSIDE USA:

GLOBAL ECONOMY / TALK TO AMERICA -- MORE AND MORE, MAJOR
CORPORATIONS ARE VENTURING INTO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; BUT SUCH
EXPANSION SEEMS CHALLENGING TO SMALL COMPANIES WITH LESSER
RESOURCES. 'TALK TO AMERICA' GUESTS ARE ROSABETH MOSS KANTOR AND
JOHN POOLE. THESE ECONOMY EXPERTS ARE HERE TO INSTRUCT LISTENERS
ON HOW TO SERVE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, BY
PRESENTING EXAMPLES OF COUNTRIES AND CITIES THAT ARE DOING JUST
THAT. (TTA 10/10)

POPE JOHN PAUL II / BALTIMORE -- STAFFER VICTOR POTAPOV REPORTS
ON THE MASS IN BALTIMORE'S CAMDEN YARDS STADIUM AND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF BALTIMORE DIOCESE AS THE SEAT OF THE FIRST ROMAN
CATHOLIC DIOCESE IN AMERICA. (RUSSIAN 10/8)

POPE JOHN PAUL II / GIANTS STADIUM -- THE OPEN AIR MASS
CELEBRATED BY THE POPE AT GIANTS STADIUM IN NEW JERSEY BEFORE A
CROWD OF OVER 80,000 PEOPLE WHO STOOD IN THE RAIN TO HEAR HIM, IS
REPORTED BY ALEC BATCHAN. IN HIS ADDRESS, THE POPE SPOKE OUT
STRONGLY AGAINST LEGALIZED ABORTION. (RUSSIAN 10/6)

POPE / AMERICA -- POPE JOHN PAUL II COMPLETED HIS FIVE-DAY VISIT
TO THE US AND RETURNED TO ROME. AFTER COVERING THE PONTIFF'S
MISSION IN THE US, STAFFER SAMUEL KIENDREBEOGO REPORTS ON THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POPE, CATHOLICISM AND THE
MAJORITY-PROTESTANT UNITED STATES. SAMUEL SPOKE WITH MARC CARON,
A PRIEST IN A PORTLAND, MAINE DIOCESE, NOW STUDYING AT CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON; AND CATHOLIC WRITER WILLIAM WARNER WHO
DISCUSSED THE ISSUES THAT UNITE AND DIVIDE CATHOLICS IN THE US.
(FRENCH 10/8)

LABOR UNIONS -- STAFFERS CONSTANTINE SIMIS AND NATALIE CLARKSON
TALK ABOUT A NEW GENERATION OF HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN
THE US AND THE HIGH STANDARDS OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEMANDED OF
THEM. (RUSSIAN 10/7)

ECONOMIC TALK -- WORLD BANK ISSUES A NEW REPORT ON THE WEALTH OF
NATIONS. ECONOMIST VLADIMIR TREML OF DUKE UNIVERSITY AND NATALIE
CLARKSON FOCUS ON THE ESTIMATES CONCERNING THE UNITED STATES AND
RUSSIA. (RUSSIAN 10/8)

NATIONAL BALLET OF CHINA VISITS US -- THE NATIONAL BALLET OF
CHINA IS VISITING THE US. THE FIRST THREE PERFORMANCES IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WERE WARMLY RECEIVED. THE BALLET PLANS TO
PERFORM IN 34 CITIES IN THE US. STAFFER KUO-FU SHU IN LA
INTERVIEWS THE BALLET'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ZHAO RUHENG, AND WALTER
MOLOCK, MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS. (MANDARIN 10/6)

LA CHINESE COMMUNITY / MAGIC JOHNSON -- CHINESE COMMUNITY LEADERS
IN LA VOICED THEIR SUPPORT FOR MAGIC JOHNSON'S VISIT TO TAIWAN,
URGING THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO KEEP HIM OUT. THE FORMER BASKETBALL
STAR HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN BARRED FROM ENTERING TAIWAN BECAUSE OF
HIS AIDS VIRUS. COMMUNITY LEADERS BELIEVE THAT BARRING HIM WOULD
DAMAGE TAIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL IMAGE. STAFFER KUO-FU SHU
INTERVIEWS GONG SHU-SEN, FOUNDER OF US CHINESE SPORTS
ASSOCIATION, AND WANG JING-GONG, EXECUTIVE VICE PRES. OF US TABLE
TENNIS ASSOCIATION. (MANDARIN 10/7)

CHINESE NOVELIST WANG LAN -- STAFFER KUO-FU SHU IN LA
INTERVIEWSCHINESE NOVELIST WANG LAN AND ON HIS WORKS AND THE
SINO-JAPANESE WAR. KUO-FU SHU ALSO INTERVIEWSJIN YAORU, FORMER
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, HONG KONG WENHUI PAO, AND JI GANG, AUTHOR OF THE
NOVEL "THE RUNNING RIVER LIAO." (MANDARIN 10/8)

SERB CONVENTION / SAN FRANCISCO -- THE SIXTH ANNUAL SABOR
(ASSEMBLY) OF THE SERBIAN UNITY OPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO (ON
FRIDAY). THE SESSION STARTED WITH THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOLLOWED
BY THE RON RADENKOVIC'S SPEECH ON THE RELATIONS OF THE SABOR AND
THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. STAFER BRANKO MIKASHINOVIC REPORTS
FROM SAN FRANCISCO. (SERBIAN 10/7)

CHINA / LUCE SCHOLARS -- THE LUCE FOUNDATION HAS SENT FOUR YOUNG
AMERICAN SCHOLARS TO CHINA. THEIR TASK IS TO GAIN ON-THE-SPOT
EXPERIENCE IN BOTH RESEARCH AND TEACHING JOBS. THE FOUNDATION
SEEKS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF THE TWO
COUNTRIES. STAFFER WANG GE INTERVIEWS LUCE SCHOLARS MICHAEL A.
DAL BELLO, BEIJING UNIV., EDWARD RENWICK, CHONGQING, SICHUAN, AND
AMIT SEVAK, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COLLEGE, BEIJING. (MANDARIN 10/9)

SAUDI SOCCER TEAM / USA TOUR -- DR. SALEH BEN NASSER, VICE
PRESIDENT OF SAUDI YOUTH LEAGUE WAS INTERVIEWED BY STAFFER FAIZA
EL-MASRY ON THE SAUDI TEAM'S TOUR AND ITS MATCH WITH THE AMERICAN
NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM. (ARABIC 10/9)

JOURNALISM / WHITE HOUSE -- HELEN THOMAS, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT FOR UPI IS INTERVIEWED BY STAFFER FAIZA EL-MASRY ON
HER CAREER, LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PRESS AND MRS. CLINTON. (ARABIC 10/9)

INSIDE AFRICA:

VORY COAST / ELECTIONS -- THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN
OFFICIALLY OPENED IN IVORY COAST OVER THE PAST WEEKEND, IN AN
ATMOSPHERE OF TENSION. OPPOSITION PARTIES CONTINUE TO PROTEST AN
ELECTORAL CODE THAT WOULD EXCLUDE A MAJOR POTENTIAL OPPOSITION
CANDIDATE AND SAY THEY WILL BOYCOTT THE OCTOBER ELECTION.
REPORTER MAHAMAT ADAMOU SPOKE WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIAN LAURENT
GBAGBO ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT, AND WITH MAJORITY
PARTY SPOKESPERSON EWI BERNARD. (FRENCH 10/6)

IVORY COAST / OPPOSITION -- STAFFER IDRISSA FALL INTERVIEWED BOGA
DOUDOU, TREASURER OF THE IVORIAN POPULAR FRONT OPPOSITION PARTY
ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF TALKS HELD OVER THE WEEKEND BETWEEN THE
IVORIAN PRESIDENT AND THE LEADER OF THE POPULAR FRONT, LAURENT
GBAGBO. THE OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE PROTESTING A NEW ELECTORAL
CODE THAT WOULD DISQUALIFY THEIR MAIN CANDIDATE TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 22. (FRENCH 10/9)

KENYA / MOI DAY -- IN A SPEECH TO MARK 17 YEARS OF HIS RULE,
KENYA'S PRESIDENT DANIEL ARAP MOI SAID HIS RECENT REMARKS ON THE
RWANDA TRIBUNAL SUMMONS DID NOT MEAN THAT HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE
IDEA OF ANY SUSPECTS APPEARING BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. PRESIDENT
MOI SAID HE DID NOT VIOLATE THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION.
STRINGER M G JOEL REPORTS FROM NAIROBI. (SWAHILI 10/10)

RWANDA / MOI -- CONTROVERSY CONTINUES OVER A RECENT DECLARATION
BY KENYA'S PRESIDENT DANIEL ARAP MOI THAT KENYA WOULD NOT
COOPERATE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL INVESTIGATING THOSE WHO
MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA IN 1994.
BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT APPEARED TO TAKE THE SAME POSITION DURING A
RECENT VISIT TO KENYA. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH REPORTER FERDINAND
FERELLA, PRESIDENT SYLVESTRE NTIBANTUNGANYA EXPLAINED THAT SO FAR
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST POSSIBLE GENOCIDE SUSPECTS
LIVING IN BURUNDI. (FRENCH 10/6)

RWANDA / KENYA / SANCTIONS -- STAFFER FERDINAND FERELLA
INTERVIEWED RWANDA'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, ANASTASE GASSANA
WHO CALLED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO LEVY SANCTIONS
AGAINST KENYA. KENYAN PRESIDENT DANIEL ARAP MOI DECLARED LAST
WEEK HE WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL
PROSECUTING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR LAST YEAR'S GENOCIDE IN RWANDA.
(FRENCH 10/9)

MALI / PRIME MINISTER -- MALIAN PRIME MINISTER IBRAHIM KEITA MET
LAST WEEK WITH VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE AND OTHER US OFFICIALS.
THE US WILL PROVIDE ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP THE
RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN THE REBELLION-TORN NORTHERN PART OF
MALI, AND THE REINSERTION OF THE TUARE COMBATANTS. STAFFER
MAIMOUNA MILLS INTERVIEWED MR. KEITA. (FRENCH 10/9)

SAHEL / DONKEYS -- STAFFER SAMUEL KIENDREBEOGO INTERVIEWED ISMAEL
OUEDRAOGO, A FILM-MAKER FROM BURKINA FASO WHO IS COMPLETING, WITH
A US PARTNER, A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ILL-TREATMENT SUFFERED BY
ANIMALS IN THE SAHEL REGION. MR. OUEDRAOGO WOULD LIKE HIS
DOCUMENTARY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT MORE HUMANE TREATMENT FOR
DONKEYS AND OTHER ANIMALS. (FRENCH 10/9)

MULTILATERAL AID / FRANCE -- AS THE US CONGRESS IS DEBATING
REDUCING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD BANK'S INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, FRANCE'S ECONOMY MINISTER JEAN ARTHUIS
SAYS DONOR COUNTRIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO HELP THE DEVELOPING
WORLD, AND PARTICULARLY THE COUNTRIES IN THE CFA FRANC ZONE NOW
THAT THEIR ECONOMIES ARE STARTING TO RECOVER FROM DEVALUATION.
REPORT BY STAFFER JEAN-CLAUDE ANDRE. (FRENCH 10/9)

AFRICA / ENVIRONMENT / METHYL BROMIDE -- A RECENT WORKSHOP IN
HARARE, ZIMBABWE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO PHASE OUT THE USE OF
METHYL BROMIDE IN AGRICULTURE BECAUSE OF ITS IMPACT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT. MR. ARINI, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AT THE UNITED
NATIONS FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT REVIEWED THE DANGERS OF METHYL
BROMIDE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER PRODUCTS THAT COULD BE
SAFELY SUBSTITUTED FOR IT. STAFFER ELIZABETH MONNAC INTERVIEWED
LAURENCE MUSSET, CHIEF OF THE CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS AND
SUBSTANCES BUREAU AT THE FRENCH ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY. (FRENCH
10/9)

ANGOLA / POLITICS -- IN A LETTER TO US PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON,
THE LEADER OF THE PDA, (ANGOLA DEMOCRATIC PARTY) ALBERTO NETO,
AND THE CANDIDATE WHO CAME IN THIRD IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
IN ANGOLA IN SEPTEMBER 1992, COMPLAINED THAT THERE ARE NO LEGAL
CRITERIA THAT REQUIRE THE MPLA THE RULING PARTY TO NOMINATE
ANOTHER DEPUTY PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF HIMSELF. HE ALSO PROPOSES
URGENT AND DIRECT FINANCIAL AID TO 15 POLITICAL PARTIES, WHO
PARTICIPATED THE LAST LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS IN ORDER TO FINANCE
THEIR CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. STAFFER OVIDIO
PEQUENO INTERVIEWED ALBERTO NETO ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER
WHICH ALSO WAS SENT TO THE PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN UNION IN
BRUSSELS. (PORTUGUESE TO AFRICA 10/10)

SAO TOME / OPPOSITION -- THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY IN SAO TOME,
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVERGENCE PARTY, SENT A LETTER TO PRESIDENT
MIGUEL TROVOADA DEMANDING THE DISMISSAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
PRIME MINISTER, CARLOS DA GRACA. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH STAFFER
OVIDIO PEQUENO, THE PARTY LEADER, JOAO BONFIM, SAID THAT
CONTINUOUS CORRUPTION SCANDALS AND MISMANAGEMENT SHOULD BE DEALT
WITH VIGOROUSLY. STAFFER OVIDIO PEQUENO REPORTS. (PORTUGUESE TO
AFRICA 10/10)

ZANZIBAR / ELECTION -- STAFFER ABDUSHAKUR ABOUD SPOKE WITH ISMAEL
JUSA THE PERSONAL SECRETARY TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CUF
PARTY IN ZANZIBAR. MR. JUSA SAID THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW IN FULL
SWING WITH ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.
(SWAHILI 10/10)

TANZANIA / ELECTIONS -- THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF INCIDENTS OF
VIOLENCE IN SEVERAL PARTS OF MAINLAND TANZANIA. THE INCIDENTS
CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE PEACE AND THE CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED.
STRINGER EVERST MWITUMBA REPORTS FROM DAR ES SALAAM. (SWAHILI
10/10)

TANZANIA / DOCTORS -- SENIOR DOCTORS IN DAR ES SALAAM ARE
REFUSING TO WORK WITH NEW DOCTORS BEING EMPLOYED BY THE
GOVERNMENT. THE FIRED DOCTORS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE TANZANIAN
GOVERNMENT TO COURT IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
STRINGER PASCAL SHIJA REPORTS FROM DAR ES SALAAM. (SWAHILI
10/10)

NAMIBIA / DEMONSTRATION -- POLICE IN NAMIBIA FIRED WEAPONS IN THE
AIR AND USED TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE DEMONSTRATING FORMER FREEDOM
FIGHTERS. THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS HAD KIDNAPPED AN ASSISTANT
MINISTER FOR LANDS. STRINGER JOHN WILLIAM NYOKA REPORTS FROM
NAMIBIA. (SWAHILI 10/10)

NIGERIA / POLITICS -- STRINGER SANI ABDULLAHI REPORTS THAT
LEADERS OF THE DEFUNCT NORTHERN ELEMENT PROGRESSIVE UNION AND
PEOPLE'S REDEMPTION PARTY MET IN KADUNA. IN A COMMUNIQUE, THE
PARTIES ACCUSED THE NIGERIAN MILITARY OF DECEPTION, GREEDINESS
AND PERPETUAL DICTATORSHIP SINCE INDEPENDENCE. THEY CALLED ON
THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT TO HAND OVER POWER TO A CIVILIAN
ADMINISTRATION EARLIER THAN THE THREE YEARS PROMISED BY THE
GOVERNMENT. THE STATEMENT SAID THAT THE MILITARY HAS HAD A
HISTORY OF FAILURE IN TRANSFORMING NIGERIA TO A DEMOCRATIC
STRUCTURE. THE STATEMENT ALSO SAID DETAINING MKO ABIOLA IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND HE SHOULD THEREFORE BE RELEASED
UNCONDITIONALLY. (HAUSA 10/9)

NIGER / CONSTITUTIONAL COURT -- STRINGER LAWAL BOUCAR REPORTS
THAT THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT OPENED A TWO MONTH SESSION FRIDAY
DURING WHICH IT IS EXPECTED TO ENACT LAWS ON THE NEW
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT. ANOTHER ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDES THE
1995 BUDGET. MEANWHILE, OPPOSITION PARTIES HAVE CALLED ON THE
GOVERNMENT TO STEP DOWN BECAUSE OF ALLEGED INCOMPETENCE. (HAUSA
10/6)

ETHIOPIA / INVESTMENT -- THE DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE
ETHIOPIAN INVESTMENT OFFICE, MR. ABI WOLDE MESKEL AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN ETHIOPIA, MR.
BERHANE MEWA PARTICIPATED IN A CONFERENCE CALL-IN PANEL FROM
ADDIS ABABA OVER THE PROSPECT OF INVESTMENT IN ETHIOPIA. STAFFER
NEGUSSIE MENGESHA MODERATED THE PANEL. (AMHARIC 10/8)

ETHIOPIAN ECONOMIC DELEGATION / WASHINGTON -- A HIGH-LEVEL
ETHIOPIAN ECONOMIC DELEGATION LED BY THE MINISTER OF ECONOMICS
AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, MR. GIRMA BIRU, CALLED A MEETING OF
THE ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY IN WASHINGTON DC TO EXPLAIN THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW POLICY AND THE PROSPECT OF
INVESTMENT IN ETHIOPIA. THE MEETING WHICH ATTRACTED OVER 300
ETHIOPIANS FROM AROUND THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA WAS
CHAIRED BY THE ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US, BERHANE GEBRE
KIRISTOS. THE DELEGATION WHICH INCLUDES THE ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO
THE PRIME MINISTER, NEWAY GEBRE AB, IS HERE TO ATTEND THE IMF /
WORLD BANK MEETING. STAFFER MIMI SEBHATU REPORTS. (AMHARIC
10/9)

INSIDE MIDEAST:

JORDAN / ECONOMIC SUMMIT -- JORDAN'S MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND
TRADE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SIXTY COUNTRIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE
ECONOMIC SUMMIT FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA TO BE HELD
LATER THIS MONTH IN AMMAN. STAFFER JUMANA TAMIMI REPORTS FROM
AMMAN. (ARABIC 10/9)

LEBANON / ISRAEL / PRISON -- OFFICIALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS VISITED AL-KHIAM PRISON IN THE ISRAELI
OCCUPIED STRIP IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN
YEARS. STAFFER JUMANA TAMIMI REPORTS FROM AMMAN. (ARABIC 10/9)

ICRC / LEBANON -- A TEAM OF THE ICRC VISITED AL-KHIAM PRISON IN
WHICH SOME LEBANESE NATIONALS ARE IMPRISONED BY ISRAEL. STAFFER
MOHAMED ATTIA REPORTS FROM NEW YORK. (ARABIC 10/9)

SAUDI ARABIA / ECONOMY -- A SENIOR SAUDI FINANCIAL OFFICIAL SAYS
ACTION TAKEN BY SAUDI ARABIA SUCCEEDED IN LOWERING THE BUDGET
DEFICIT DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. STAFFER JUMANA
TAMIMI REPORTS FROM AMMAN. (ARABIC 10/9)

EMIRATES / MAID -- A RELIGIOUS COURT BEGAN CONSIDERING THE APPEAL
BY A FILIPINO MAID PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO DIE ON CHARGES OF
KILLING HER EMPLOYER. STAFFER JUMANA TAMIMI REPORTS FROM AMMAN.
(ARABIC 10/9)

KUWAIT / IRAQ / JORDAN -- KUWAIT'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS HIS
COUNTRY WILL REMAIN AN IRAQI TARGET AS LONG AS IRAQ'S PRESIDENT
SADDAM HUSSEIN IS IN POWER. HE ALSOSAID KUWAIT WILL PARTICIPATE
IN THE AMMAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT. STRINGER ABDEL-HAMID DAAS REPORTS
FROM KUWAIT. (ARABIC 10/9)

SUDAN / ARCHBISHOP -- THOUSANDS OF SOUTHERN SUDANESE LINED THE
STREETS FROM THE AIRPORT TO ALL SAINTS CATHEDRAL IN JUBA TO
WELCOME THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBERRY, GEORGE CAREY. STAFFER
ZEINAB ABDELRAHMAN REPORTS FROM CAIRO. (ARABIC 10/9)

POLISSARIO / KING HASSAN VISIT / WESTERN SAHARA -- THE POLISSARIO
FRONT SAID IT OPPOSES A PLANNED VISIT BY KING HASSAN OF MOROCCO
TO WESTERN SAHARA NEXT MONTH. STAFFER MOHAMED ATTIA REPORTS FROM
NEW YORK. (ARABIC 10/9)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / MIDDLE EAST -- DR. ATIF KUBURSI, PROFESSOR
OF ECONOMICS AT MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, CANADA WAS
INTERVIEWED BY STAFFER MOHAMED ABDEL-KARIM ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE
MIDDLE EAST. (ARABIC 10/9)

SOUTH LEBANON / CLASHES -- A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH LEBANON MILITIA
WAS INJURED IN SOUTHERN LEBANON AS CLASHES RENEWED BETWEEN THE
MILITIA, SUPPORTED BY THE ISRAELI FORCES, AND THE LEBANESE.
STAFFER JUMANA TAMIMI REPORTS. (ARABIC 10/8)

SAUDI ECONOMY -- DUE TO LOWER OIL PRICES AND THE GULF WAR
EXPANSES, SAUDI ARABIA HAS DECIDED TO TAKE SEVERE DEDUCTIONS IN
EXPENDITURE AND TO INCREASE TAXES ON SOME ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
STAFFER ZEINAB ABDELRAHMAN REPORTS FROM CAIRO. (ARABIC 10/8)

AMMAN SUMMIT -- JORDANIAN SOURCES SAID TEN LEADERS, IN ADDITION
TO DELEGATES REPRESENTING SIXTY-SIX COUNTRIES, WILL PARTICIPATE
IN THE AMMAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT, TO BE HELD OCTOBER 29TH. STRINGER
SULEIMAN KHAIRALLAH REPORTS FROM AMMAN. (ARABIC 10/7)

IRAN / NUCLEAR -- STAFFER BEN ABBASSI TALKS WITH DR. DAVID
SCHWARZBACH OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL ABOUT LAST
WEEK'S LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH REPORT THAT IRAN, WITH CHINA'S
HELP, HAS COMPLETED A SYSTEM FOR ENRICHING URANIUM. DR.
SCHWARZBACH BELIEVES THE REPORT IS GROUNDLESS, AND THAT IF THE
REPORT WERE TRUE, THE US WOULD NOT BE QUIET ABOUT IT. (FARSI
10/9)

AFGHANISTAN / UN -- UN UNDER-SECRETARY FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS,
PETER HANSEN SAYS A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES HAVE PLEDGED PROVIDING
MORE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN. IN AN INTERVIEW
WITH REPORTER ZEBA ZAHER, HANSEN SAID IN THE PAST THE UNITED
STATES, SWEDEN, NORWAY, BRITAIN, JAPAN AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROVIDED MOST OF THE AID. THE UN OFFICIAL BELIEVES THAT THE
CONTINUING FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN IS A MAJOR OBSTACLE IN
DELIVERING AND PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN.
(PASHTO, DARI 10/10)

AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION -- TWO MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA-BASED AFGHAN
ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION (AEA) RECENTLY VISITED KABUL TO EXPLORE
PROSPECTS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
IN AFGHANISTAN. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH STAFFER NOUR RAHIMI, ONE OF
THE ENGINEERS, MALIK MURTAZA, SAID THE COUNTRY LACKS EVEN THE
MOST BASIC ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT. MR. MURTAZA SAID HIS GROUP
PLANS TO FIND WAYS OF HELPING THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT IN
UNDERTAKING SHORT-TERM PROJECTS TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF
THE COUNTRY. (DARI 10/10)

UN AID / AFGHANISTAN -- A GENEVA-BASED UN SPOKESMAN SAYS
CONTINUED FACTIONAL WAR IN AFGHANISTAN HAS MADE MANY
INTERNATIONAL DONORS RELUCTANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO HUMANITARIAN AID
FOR THE WAR-DEVASTATED COUNTRY. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH STAFFER
AKRAM GIZABI, ROBERT COLEVILLE ALSO SAID THAT THE WORLD BODY HAS
LAUNCHED AN APPEAL FOR 124 MILLION DOLLARS IN HUMANITARIAN AID TO
AFGHANISTAN FOR THE COMING YEAR. HE SAID THE FUNDS WILL BE USED
FOR SUPPORTING A REFUGEE REPATRIATION PROGRAM, DE-MINING
OPERATIONS AND CERTAIN SMALL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE AREAS
TO WHICH REFUGEES RETURN. (DARI 10/9)

UN / AFGHAN -- THE HEAD OF THE UN PEACE MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN,
MAHMOUD MESTIRI, HAS INTENSIFIED HIS EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A
TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT AND RESUME NEGOTIATIONS FOR A
PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER FROM PRESIDENT BURHANUDDIN RABBANI TO
AN INTERIM ADMINISTRATION. STRINGER ABDUL HAI WARSHAN REPORTS
THAT MR. RABBANI HAS SHOWN READINESS TO TRANSFER POWER TO WHAT HE
CALLS A LEGAL AND APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISM. SEVERAL
AFGHAN FACTIONS HAVE CALLED FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL RESIGNATION OF
MR. RABBANI. (DARI 10/9)

AFGHAN FIGHTING -- THE TALEBAN MOVEMENT HAS WARNED THAT IF
PRESIDENT RABBANI FAILS TO STEP DOWN, ITS FORCES WILL ATTACK
KABUL. STRINGER ABDUL HAI WARSHAN REPORTS THAT THE WARNING CAME
SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE TALEBAN EXTENDED THEIR DEADLINE FOR THE
ATTACK INDEFINITELY. (DARI, PASHTO 10/7)

US / CSCE SEMINAR / ARAL SEA -- PROFESSOR PHILIP MICKLIN FROM
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY IS THE HEAD OF THE US DELEGATION TO THE
OSCE SPONSORED SEMINAR WHICH OPENED IN TASHKENT, AND ORGANJ,
UZBEKISTAN AND CONTINUES THROUGH OCTOBER 14TH. IN AN INTERVIEW
WITH UZBEK STAFFER ABDUL MANNAN KAISKEN, MR MICKLIN SAID WATER
MANAGEMENT AND DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WILL BE DISCUSSED
IN THE SEMINAR BUT THE ARAL SEA DISASTER WILL DEFINITELY DOMINATE
THE AGENDA. HE SAID THE REAL SOLUTION TO THE ARAL SEA DISASTER
IS TO WORK OUT A LONG-TERM PLAN AND EDUCATE PEOPLE HOW TO USE
WATER EFFICIENTLY AND LET CONSERVED WATER POUR INTO THE ARAL SEA.
(UZBEK 10/10)

INSIDE SOUTH ASIA:

KARACHI VIOLENCE -- STRINGER QAISER MAHMOOD REPORTS ROCKET FIRE
AT THE SINDH PROVINCE'S SECRETARIAT BUILDING IN THE STRIFE TORN
CITY. OFFICES OF TWO PROVINCIAL MINISTERS AND OTHER OFFICES WERE
DAMAGED BUT NOBODY WAS HURT. STAFFER RAZI AHMAD RIZVI
INTERVIEWED A PROMINENT PAKISTANI RELIGIOUS LEADER, DR. ISRAR
AHMAD WHO SAID THAT IF IMMEDIATE REMEDIAL MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN,
THERE IS IMMINENT DANGER THAT KARACHI WILL BREAK AWAY FROM THE
REST OF THE COUNTRY. (URDU 10/5)

WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- PRESIDENT OF THE PAKISTAN
ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE WOMEN, SHAMIM KAZMI IN AN
INTERVIEW WITH STAFFER SAFIA KAZM SAID THAT THE REAL PROBLEMS OF
WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE THE LACK OF EDUCATION, AND
HEALTH CARE AND NOT FREEDOM OF SEX AND ABORTION. (URDU 10/4)

INDIAN / PAKISTANI LAWYERS ON SIMPSON VERDICT -- MOST OF THE
URDU-SPEAKING AMERICAN LAWYERS WHO PRACTICE CRIMINAL LAW IN THE
UNITED STATES SAY THAT O.J. SIMPSON MAY HAVE COMMITTED THE DOUBLE
MURDER, BUT THE PROSECUTION FAILED TO PROVE IT BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT. STAFFER AKMAL ALEEMI REPORTS. (URDU 10/5)

RAFSANJANI / BANGLADESH -- PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI OF IRAN WILL PAY
AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO BANGLADESH STARTING TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE
THE FIRST VISIT EVER BY AN IRANIAN HEAD OF STATE OR HEAD OF
GOVERNMENT TO BANGLADESH. THE SHAH OF IRAN VISITED DHAKA IN 1970
WHEN THAT REGION WAS EAST PAKISTAN. STRINGER ZAHURUL ALAM
REPORTS. (BANGLA 10/9)

INSIDE EAST ASIA:

CHINA / ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE -- THE INTERNATIONAL
ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE ENDED IN BEIJING OCTOBER 10. MANY
DELEGATES HAILED IT A SUCCESS, BUT SOME COMPLAINED THAT CHINESE
ORGANIZERS ERASED PARTS OF THEIR SPEECHES, ESPECIALLY PARTS
REFERRING TO CHINA. A CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE EXPLAINED THAT IT
WAS IMPROPER TO CRITICIZE CHINA AT AN INTERNATIONAL MEETING, AND
AS ORGANIZER OF THE MEETING, CHINA HAD THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE
SPEECHES. STAFFER CHOU YOUKANG IN BEIJING INTERVIEWS WANG
HANBIN, VICE CHAIRMAN OF NPC, CHINA; P. TIELEMAN, POLICE
INSPECTOR GENERAL, HOLLAND; ROBERT MACGREGOR, US DELEGATE; JUDGE
CARLOS RODENSKI OF ARGENTINA; PROF. ZHOU BAISEN, XIAN INSTITUTE
OF POLITICS AND LAW; BERTRAND SPENILLE, INDEPENDENT COMMISSION
AGAINST CORRUPTION, HK; CHEN JIAN, PRC SPOKESMAN. (MANDARIN
10/10)

CHINA / ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE / US DELEGATES -- PARTICIPANTS
AT THE CONFERENCE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION IN THE EFFORT TO ATTACK CORRUPTION. A FEW
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE US TOLD STAFFER CHOU YOUKANG IN BEIJING
THAT CHINA AND THE US CAN SHARE IN SUCH AN EFFORT. INTERVIEWS
WITH K. FORD, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INVESTIGATIONS, NYC, PROF.
DANIEL LAWENSTEIN, UCLA LAW SCHOOL, MICHAEL HERSHMAN, THE FAIRFAX
GROUP CO., USA, AND ZHU WEI JIU, SUPERVISOR, PEOPLES PROCURATOR,
PRC. (MANDARIN 10/8)

CHINA / MAO CULT / PAINTING -- LAST WEEKEND, AN OIL PAINTING OF
MAO ZEDONG, "CHAIRMAN MAO ON HIS WAY TO ANYUAN" GOT A RECORD 6.05
YUAN AT AUCTION IN BEIJING. THE PAINTING WAS DONE DURING THE
CULTURAL REVOLUTION, AND LIKE MANY OTHER WORKS PRODUCED FOR
PROPAGANDA AT THAT TIME, IT HAS BEEN WIDELY CONSIDERED AS HAVING
LITTLE ARTISTIC MERIT. THE SURREAL CULT OF MAO HAS HELPED THE
POOR-QUALITY PAINTING FETCH A PRICE OF A REAL MASTERPIECE.
STAFFER QI FENG IN DC INTERVIEWS DING XUELIANG, RESEARCH FELLOW
AT AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIV., WHO WARNED THAT RENEWED FASCINATION
WITH MAO IS A BAD OMEN FOR CHINA'S FUTURE. (MANDARIN 10/10)

FREEMAN / US-SINO RELATIONS -- IN A SPEECH TO THE AMERICAN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HK, FORMER ASSISTANT DEFENSE SECRETARY
FREEMAN, WHO ACTED AS PRESIDENT NIXON'S INTERPRETER ON HIS VISIT
TO CHINA TWENTY YEARS AGO, CRITICIZED THE AUTHORITIES ON BOTH
INDEPENDENCE AS THE MAJORITY OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE WANT